NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION AND, IF FILED, DETERMINED

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA SECOND DISTRICT

In the Interest of H.D. and X.D., children. ) ___________________________________) ) R.D., ) ) Appellant, ) ) v. ) Case No. 2D18-2512 ) DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND ) FAMILIES and GUARDIAN AD ) LITEM PROGRAM, ) ) Appellees. ) ___________________________________) Opinion filed October 24, 2018.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County; Caroline Tesche Arkin, Judge.

Norman A. Palumbo, Jr., Tampa, for Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Mary A. Soorus, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee Department of Children and Families.

Carrington Madison Mead of Law Office of Carrington Madison Mead, Jacksonville, and Thomasina Moore, Statewide Guardian Ad Litem Office, Tallahassee, for Appellee Guardian Ad Litem Program.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed.

KELLY, KHOUZAM, and CRENSHAW, JJ., Concur.

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